Great Rail Disasters: The Impact of Rail Transit on Urban Livability
- February 1, 2004
Abstract
Smart growth and other forms of growth-management planning create artificial housing shortages that impose significant burdens on low-income families and first-time homebuyers. This paper examines several sources of housing data to determine the specific effects of growth-management planning on housing prices.
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